Blog: Visiting the Shard

Honestly. I love the Shard. I don't care that it's paid
for by a rich Sheik from Qatar, or that its exclusive office space
will be used solely by the corporate sector.

Also I don't care that the Shard mimic a
phallic symbol rising up into the sky. And I don't care that some
may say that it looks evil. I think it's a beauty.

Following generation of towers like Foster's Gherkin, the Shard offers 72 deluxe habitable floors
of the in total 95-stories including the impressive upper floor
open-air observation deck. The Shard is
located at the south bank next to London Bridge and is an
extraordinary engineering achievement and an breathtaking piece of
architecture: it's simple, yet multifaceted. Dominant, yet
gracious. Masculine, yet with a feminine appearance. It looks good
all the time, day and particularly night. But there is a certain
time of day, when the sun is setting, when the light catches the Shard's glass panels and it reflects
perfectly into my living-room window in Holloway, north London. For
five or 10 minutes, it looks like a thousand-foot blade of
fire.

Congratulations London with the Shard
and all the big, amazing things that mankind can create.

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen

Photo: Signe Cecilie
Jochumsen Se also the arcspace feature on The Shard